Re: Rendering issues AE CS5 Mac

Hi Kevin,

Thanks so much for the pointers.

The systems have either 16GB or 24GB of RAM. I was trobleshooting on a system with 24GB of RAM. I has set it up with 4GB left for other apps (while not 25%, I had hoped that at this level of available memory I was covered), but no other apps were running; at least at then end of my troubleshooting, prior to finding the solution, I had rebooted several times and AE was all that was "active" in addition to OS/driver services.

It is, indeed updated to the most recent version - though I have found that after a short while returning it to focus from another CS5 app causes the spinning beach ball no matter how small the composition is.

As for the setting tips - I've bookmarked the link - many thanks for that. Part of the way I'm hoping to work is to, instead of having animators send over massive video files, simply collect the project files and assets so compositions can be rendered out as required - but that does mean I should have a handle on some of the technical issues so it will prove really helpful.

Again, thanks so much for taking the time to respond, it is greatly appreciated.

All the best,
Petros

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